Today is the final day for the Floyd Landis Arbitration hearing and unless some bombshell(s) are unloaded, I think Landis will be found guilty.
The facts, as I have read them, have Landis' case basically supported by complex science and alternate interpretations of the results. Then throw in that Landis' manager (now former) made a threatening call to Greg LeMond the night before he was testifying. If a person had any doubts about which 'science' to believe, that might be the intangible item that sways the arbitrators one way because the appearance of desperation is evident in that incident.
The news reports I read did not detail much of the complex science that was used in this case, I will admit that, but I would think that if the science was to be refuted it would be very plain to describe and detail. Landis' testimony, saying that it would be of no benefit for him to cheat, is also very obtuse. To think he has nothing to gain by cheating and getting away with it is total bullshit. In almost every top-tier athletic competition athletes will cheat until they get caught and do everything they can to not get caught. Why? Fame & fortune, that's what they gain by cheating and not getting caught. Unfortunately the fortune the gain while cheating will often provide them with the means to put on a high profile case to try and prove that the testing procedure to find you guilty of cheating might be flawed.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Landis Arbitration Winding Down
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of course, the more complex the science, the more difficult to refute for the athlete... I think we may have a situation where the Lab is found guilty of negligence (or should be!), AND Landis of doping... though I would still wonder about the very suspicious nature of how he was brought into this, and have doubts that he did it...
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